Derivation of a new free energy for biological membranes

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 255-273

  Deseri, Luca ^a,b   Piccioni, Mario D ^c   Zurlo, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomatter; Biomechanics; Biomembranes; Elasticity; GUVs; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

BENDING; BILAYER THICKNESSES; BIOMATTER; BIOMEMBRANE; BIOMEMBRANES; BOTTOM-UP; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; D DIMENSIONS; DEGREE OF ORDERS; ENERGY DENSITIES; GUVS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LOCAL ENERGIES; SYMMETRY GROUPS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIOMECHANICS; CYTOLOGY; FREE ENERGY; MECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

EID: 54149097120     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00161-008-0081-1     Document Type: Article

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